On the 30th of
August, near Nasonville, Verne Nason, and a young man named Peck,
killed three bears, and it was not a very good day for bears,
either. They are regular Nimrods with the gun.

The destruction of
Charleston, South Carolina, by an earthquake, reminds uf a speech
of Mrs. Randall in 1861, in which occurs the following: "The war
commenced where Charleston is: it should end where Charleston was."
God grant that the war is now ended, and that we shall hear no more
of the "bloody shirt" by howling politicians.

W. S. Colburn
& Co. have penned a Flour and Fred Store in the old post office
building on Main street, and are prepared to fill all orders left
at that place for flour, meal, buckwheat flour, ground fee, or any
kind of feed usually kept at a first-class flour and feed store.
All orders in the city limits will be filled and delivered
promptly, without extra charge.

The officers of
the Lynn Mutual Insurance Company on Wednesday last adjusted the
lo9sses of Harmon Allen and Norman Halleck, of the town of York,
and fixed the amount at $750 each. Their barns were burnt on the
20th of Aug., being struck by lightning. Halleck lost his barn and
his entire crop of hay and grain, and his entire loss above
insurance is about $450. Allen lost his barn and hay about 20 tons
and most of his grain; he saved about 300 bushels of oats but in a
damaged state. His loss above insurance was about $450. In the same
storm a German by the name of Dun, living west of the river lost a
pair of steers. They were worth about $40; adjusted at $34. The
officers levied an assessment of 3 mills on a dollar to pay the
losses.

YORK LISPINGS: Mr.
Huyek and lady have just returned from a very pleasant visit in
Dakota. They seem glad to get back.

Mr. Adin Gibson,
of Reinbeck, Iowa, has been the guest of S. D. Gibson for the past
two weeks. He says the crops are better here than there, on account
of the drought. Mr. Samuel Gibson accompanied him on his return
trip. He intend’s spending a few weeks in Iowa.